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Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

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Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies - who can resist the classic combination of raspberries and chocolate?! This little chocolate cookie boasts plenty of chocolate flavor and a fun little heart shaped thumbprint filled with seedless raspberry jam. An easy and delicious cookie with a Valentine's Day theme for your sweetie! www.savingdessert.com

Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies – Enjoy this hard to resist the classic combination of raspberries and chocolate!

This little cookie boasts plenty of chocolate flavor and a fun little heart shaped thumbprint filled with seedless raspberry jam.   An easy and delicious cookie with a Valentine’s Day theme.

 

Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies - who can resist the classic combination of raspberries and chocolate?! This little chocolate cookie boasts plenty of chocolate flavor and a fun little heart shaped thumbprint filled with seedless raspberry jam. An easy and delicious cookie with a Valentine's Day theme for your sweetie! www.savingdessert.com

Valentine’s Day is best celebrated with a little something sweet.

First, it’s hard to believe but Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away.  I’m not a big fan of “Hallmark holidays,” but Valentine’s Day can be fun, especially for kids.  I’ve always loved the boxes of assorted paper Valentines with little white envelopes that the kids fill out and give to their school classmates.  Our kid’s teachers were always great about sending home a complete list of names so no one was missed or forgotten.

Personally, I’ve always been fine to skip the giant bouquets of flowers, jewelry and heart shaped boxes of candy.

My husband and I exchange cards, but that’s about it.  On Valentine’s Day we usually skip the overcrowded restaurants to spend a quiet evening at home.  But that doesn’t mean I won’t bake up something nice for him, hold hands and tell him how much I love him.  After 30+ years of marriage one thing I know for sure, all those little things are still very important.  I don’t need him to spend insane amounts of money on me to know how much I am loved.  However, if we were uber rich I might feel differently … just saying I wouldn’t turn down a super hot car or a fantastic African safari!  You know, it’s the little things that make a relationship special!

 

Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies - who can resist the classic combination of raspberries and chocolate?! This little chocolate cookie boasts plenty of chocolate flavor and a fun little heart shaped thumbprint filled with seedless raspberry jam. An easy and delicious cookie with a Valentine's Day theme for your sweetie! www.savingdessert.com

As for these delicious little treats I’m confident everybody on your Valentine list would enjoy these tasty, simple Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies.

It takes a little practice to make the heart-shaped indentation just the way you want it but after a few tries you’ll have it all figured out.  If you’re not sure how they’ll look once baked, put a small batch of cookies in the oven before forming the remaining dough.  Finally, one important tip – don’t go too deep when creating the indentations as that will cause the cookies to spread too far and not retain their shape.  I used my pinky finger and pressed about halfway down.  That seems to work great!

 

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Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies - who can resist the classic combination of raspberries and chocolate?! This little chocolate cookie boasts plenty of chocolate flavor and a fun little heart shaped thumbprint filled with seedless raspberry jam. An easy and delicious cookie with a Valentine's Day theme for your sweetie! www.savingdessert.com
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Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Yield: 48 - 56 cookies
Course: Cookies
Author: Tricia
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Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies - who can resist the classic combination of raspberries and chocolate?! This little chocolate cookie boasts plenty of chocolate flavor and a fun little heart shaped thumbprint filled with seedless raspberry jam.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, level cups - not overflowing or the cookies will be dry
  • ½ cup all natural unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup seedless raspberry jam, stirred
  • Optional: fill with your favorite flavor of jam such as cherry or strawberry or a simple chocolate ganache or Nutella spread. Pipe an outline of melted white chocolate around the jam if desired.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and blend until the yolk disappears.
  • In a separate medium bowl. whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar. Mix on low until combined, then blend on medium for about a minute. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed with a rubber spatula. Blend another 30 seconds to make sure the all the ingredients are combined.
  • Using a small cookie scoop (about 1¼" wide - 2 teaspoons) roll the dough into tight balls and place about an inch apart on the prepared cookie sheet. To make the heart shape, use your smallest finger and make two indentations into the dough ball. Don't push your finger all the way through the dough as this will cause the cookie to spread too much and not hold it's shape. Fill the raw cookie with 1/4 teaspoon of raspberry jam.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the jam is bubbly and the cookies are puffed and set. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool.
  • Store the baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Use wax paper between layers if necessary.

Recipe Notes

Important tip - don't go too deep when creating the indentation as that will cause the cookies to spread too far and not retain their shape. I used my pinky finger and pressed about halfway down.
Do not over-bake the cookies or that will also cause them to spread too much.

Here are a few more thumbprint cookies you might like!

Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

 

Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprints

 

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Lemon-Lime Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

  • Turtle-Twix Thumbprint Cookies ~ from The Chunky Chef

  • Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling ~ from The Recipe Critic

 

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34 Comments

  1. Maria says

    February 13, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    Has the baking soda or powder been left out in purpose?

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    • Tricia Buice says

      February 17, 2018 at 11:23 am

      Hi Maria. I never included those items in the recipe.

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    • Sheri says

      July 27, 2021 at 3:49 pm

      These are adorable the texture is great but there’s too much Cocoa in my opinion It’s a very very dark chocolate cookie. After all the work making them the people I shared them with didn’t care for them because of that.

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      • Tricia Buice says

        July 28, 2021 at 9:14 am

        Sorry you didn’t love these cookies Sheri. Thanks for the feedback.

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  2. Jordan says

    December 3, 2017 at 3:41 pm

    These are fabulous ! Thank you for the recipe!!!! We just made Christmas Jam with my aunt and so I wanted a recipe where I could use it. This was perfect!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      December 3, 2017 at 5:29 pm

      Thank you try much Jordan! Yeah – very glad you liked them – and homemade Christmas jam sounds wonderful. Have a blessed holiday season and thanks for trying our recipe.

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  3. 2 Sisters Recipes says

    January 28, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    Love the chocolate and raspberry combo Tricia! Beautiful little cookies! – as usual…..xo

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 29, 2017 at 8:01 am

      Thanks ladies 🙂

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  4. Liz says

    January 27, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    Anything chocolate goes over well at my house. Such a clever twist on an ordinary thumbprint cookie—they look irresistible!!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 27, 2017 at 7:31 pm

      Thanks Liz! Have a wonderful weekend 🙂

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  5. Robyn Gleason says

    January 25, 2017 at 7:34 pm

    Wow, Tricia, you can even make thumbprint cookies look elegant, lol – gorgeous!
    Chocolate and raspberry is my favourite flavour combo so I’m all in. We don’t do a lot for Valentine’s Day either – we like to look at every day as Valentine’s. We usually cook up a nice dinner with a bottle of very good wine. But I’m with you….an African safari is definitely something I would not turn down, lol
    Beautiful photos!

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  6. Susan says

    January 25, 2017 at 5:35 pm

    I love the combination of raspberry and chocolate flavors! What an adorable idea to make heart prints ♥ Love it!

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  7. [email protected] is How I Cook says

    January 25, 2017 at 3:36 pm

    Your cookie are always the prettiest. And I’ll take the African safari any day, but I’d sure like some of these cookies to tide me over until that day comes!

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  8. John/Kitchen Riffs says

    January 25, 2017 at 2:23 pm

    What a cute cookie! Love those heart indentations — very clever. And great combo of flavors. Really ideal dessert for Valentine’s Day. Thanks!

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  9. Gerlinde @Sunnycovechef says

    January 25, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    These are just the cutest thumbprint cookies ever. Chocolate and raspberry is such a great combination.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 25, 2017 at 2:14 pm

      Thanks Gerlinde!

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  10. Wendy says

    January 24, 2017 at 11:05 pm

    These cookies are lovely! I had no idea you could create a heart thumbprint cookie. This is so much easier than cookie cutters. All of your thumbprint cookies are special , Tricia. Just add this one to the list! 🙂

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 25, 2017 at 8:50 am

      I know you love to have fun with baking so these are right up your alley! Thank you so much for stopping by Wendy!

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  11. Becky Green says

    January 24, 2017 at 3:46 pm

    OH MY! 😉

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 25, 2017 at 8:49 am

      🙂

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  12. Monica says

    January 24, 2017 at 3:11 pm

    These are beautiful, Tricia! Perfect degree of Valentine, in my opinion. : ) We don’t go crazy but Valentine’s Day does bring a smile to my face and as you said, it’s so sweet for kids. This is such a pretty way to present that always-delicious combination of chocolate and raspberry.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 25, 2017 at 8:49 am

      Thanks Monica – you’re right – we don’t need to go overboard for the sweet sentiment to be obvious 🙂 Thank again!

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  13. cheri says

    January 24, 2017 at 11:29 am

    Hi Tricia, these are straight-up gorgeous, love the combo of chocolate and raspberry. These are perfect for Valentines Day!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 25, 2017 at 8:48 am

      Thank you Cheri! This combination is a favorite of mine 🙂

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  14. Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers says

    January 23, 2017 at 8:12 pm

    These are just the cutest cookies ever and of course, raspberry and chocolate were made for each other. So fun for a Valentines treat 🙂

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 24, 2017 at 8:04 am

      Thank you Jennifer 🙂 They were fun to make and share

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  15. sue | theviewfromgreatisland says

    January 23, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    I’ve never had a chocolate thumbprint, and it makes so much sense, raspberries and chocolate are such a great pair. I love your method for making the little heart shape, it’s perfect 🙂 Sharing and pinning 🙂

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 24, 2017 at 8:04 am

      Thanks for sharing and pinning Sue! Have a wonderful day!

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  16. Monique says

    January 23, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    I ♥these!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 24, 2017 at 8:04 am

      Thank you Monique!

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  17. tanna says

    January 23, 2017 at 7:02 am

    Perfect little Valentines. We usually have a pretty quiet Valentine’s day, too, much like your own. Quiet, but full of love. Evan would love these! blessings ~ tanna

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 24, 2017 at 8:03 am

      That sounds like a lovely Valentine’s Day – hope you get to spend at least part of it with your little men!

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  18. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    January 23, 2017 at 5:52 am

    These thumbprint cookies look so gorgeous! My husband would surely LOVE these if I baked for him.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      January 23, 2017 at 6:34 am

      Husbands seem to love it when wives bake for them! Hope you give them a try Angie – thanks!

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